One way to hold it: a place that keeps what is inside it safe from what is outside. Ships sit still in the harbour while the open sea is rough. The verb is that same shelter turned into an action — you hold something inside you where the world cannot get at it: a grudge, a hope, in a damp corner, or a person the police are looking for.
From the word’s history
Harbour is from Middle English herberwe, from Old English here-beorg, literally "army shelter" (here "army" + beorg "protection, shelter"), originally "temporary lodgings". The noun narrowed by the early 12c. to "lodging for ships; sheltered recess in a coastline"; the verb "give shelter to, protect" is mid-14c., with the figurative "harbour thoughts or fugitives" following in the late 14c.
harbour 來自中古英語 herberwe、古英語 here-beorg，字面是「軍隊的庇護所」（here「軍隊」＋ beorg「保護、遮蔽」），原意是臨時的落腳處。名詞在十二世紀初收窄成「船的落腳處、海岸邊有遮蔽的凹處」；動詞「給予庇護」出現在十四世紀中葉，之後在十四世紀晚期才有「心裡藏著某種念頭」「窩藏某人」的引申。所以港口和「心懷」不是兩個字，而是同一個「庇護」畫面的兩端。
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原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Harbourname
- 1
A surname.
- 2
A surname.
harbournoun
- 1
Standard spelling of harbor.
- In West Wales it has never been possible until recently to exploit the magnificent natural harbour of Milford Haven, for there was no industrial hinterland.
harbourverb
- 1
Standard spelling of harbor.
- The docks, which once harboured tall ships, now harbour only petty thieves.
- The bare suspicion made it treason to harbour the person suspected.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。